A freshman Texas U.S. Representative took a vote this week to protect veterans and hold VA employees accountable. The move comes in the wake of VA scandals where veterans have received long delays in treatments or no treatment at all for their service related disabilities and injuries.
Representative Will Hurd (R-TX) declared, “as we celebrate this Independence Day, let’s recommit ourselves to supporting our troops, supporting our intelligence professionals” and criticized Democrats for blocking the GOP’s national defense bill during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows:
The FBI announced their agents will monitor people suspected of supporting the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) more closely after the attack on a Draw Mohammed Contest hosted in Garland, TX. At the same time, Congressmen from Texas are meeting in Washington, DC, to develop new methods to monitor Americans drawn to radical Islam.
